Steven Clemenson Supporter

I always pray first, “Lord, give the wisdom and discernment to read and understand your words, your will and your heart. Open my heart and mind to your truth. In Jesus’ Most Holy and Precious name I pray. Amen”.

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Daniel Veler Supporter

Your question: How should I pray in asking Jesus to open my heart and mind to understand the Bible?

Praying and asking are essentially the same thing. The word of God serves as a means of seeking answers to questions. First, you must have a genuine desire to know the truth. Once you have a specific question that you seek an answer to, you turn to the Lord for guidance and insight. 

The apostle wrote the following:

2 John 2:27: “But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.”

Let me give you an example. In John 3:16 it reads, “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.”

Say you read this verse and believe you truly comprehend its meaning just by reading it. Now, read it again and ask yourself this question: Have I truly grasped the entirety of this scripture? Seek the Lord’s guidance and ask, “What does it mean to have everlasting life?” Until you realize that your understanding of John 3:16 is only a partial understanding of its true significance.

You see, everlasting life is defined by the Lord. It is in John 17, “Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee: As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him. And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.”

Having this information, if you go back to John 3:16 and put the definition that Christ gives us you and insert the definition of everlasting life into it, it would read like this with the definition of everlasting life. 

John 3:16: “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." ("And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.”)

Now, knowing this, you come to the true meaning of John 3:16 and what it means to have everlasting life. 

1 John 2:24 says the following:
“Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father. And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life."

Knowing what eternal life entails now, you can comprehend John’s message.

To understand the Bible, you must allow the Lord to grant you understanding. It all begins with a question you yearn to know about the truth. Then, with your desires, you ask the Lord to provide you with understanding.

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